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In article <4p1r5o$huv@news.ox.ac.uk>, Thomas Down
<trin0200@sable.ox.ac.uk> writes
>Tony Pay (Tony@stsm.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: Can anyone help me with this?
>
>: I can't get past login on Demon, using Termite or ANT Suite, while set
>: faster than 38400.  I believe the II Dual card is supposed to let me do
>: this even with my antiquated machine.  I have A420/1, 4Mb RAM, ARM3,
>: RISCOS 3.1, USR Courier.  I'm using a PC style cable with the software
>: configured appropriately. 
>
>: Perhaps this is overly optimistic, but TCPIP is set at 115200 seemingly
>: without problem.  Obviously I would benefit most from the higher speed
>: while using the web browser - i.e. with the other two pieces of
>: software.
>
>Umm... Modems don't run faster than 28800 baud. This is supposedly more
>or less the theoretical limit of what can be achieved over normal analog
>'phone lines. To go any faster, you'll need ISDN, or something similar.
>Unless I'm missing the point completely...

But you need a serial port running at more than 28,800 because the data
stream through the modem is compressed. When downloading news I
regularly see 5.5 to 6 Kbytes per second which is equivalent to roughly
50,000 or 60,000 baud.

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Andy Armstrong, WonderWorks